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    TOWLINES

    2006-12-01T18:07:00Z

    Stuart McNiven, managing director of Svitzer Marine Limited, left the company on 1September after five years in post and 20 years service with A.P. Moller-Maersk. Stuart is well known in the offshore and towage sector and has left on an amicable basis to pursue other business interests. James Curry, who ...

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    Mobile Maintenance for Remote Lighthouses

    2006-12-01T18:07:00Z

    Established MoD naval painting contractor Pyeroy Group is extending its maritime protective coatings work with new contract which will see it providing painting and refurbishment services to lighthouses in remote and exposed locations in the UK.

  • The Trinity House Rapid Intervention Vessel 'THV Alert' is seen deploying a new emergency wreck marking buoy.
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    Trinity House's New Emergency Wreck Marking Buoys on Station

    2006-12-01T18:07:00Z

    Trinity House has chosen Tideland Signal''s SB-98P polyethylene buoy and MLED-120SC lantern for use as its emergency wreck marking buoy in accordance with the new IALA Recommendation O-133 of December 2005.

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    Small Ports NavComms Solution

    2006-12-01T18:07:00Z

    The Port Marine Safety Code and other legislation makes it all the more important that even the smallest ports and harbours control their waters effectively. AIS on its own, a solution favoured by many ports, is unreliable since the accuracy of the information received depends upon the correct configuration of ...

  • Heliobond monitors have become available for commercial marine applications.
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    Heliobond Toughens LCD Marine Monitors

    2006-12-01T18:07:00Z

    Monitor manufacturer Kent Modular Electronics (KME) has introduced a new environmentally sealed transflective LCD screen, Heliobond, for use in marine applications such as bridge wing monitors, control room consoles and security monitors. The product was developed for international naval applications but KME has now set its sights on commercial marine ...

  • The New Marine Operations Centre for Aberdeen succeeds the 200 year old Roundhouse Navigation Centre.
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    New marine Operations Centre Commissioned for Aberdeen

    2006-12-01T18:07:00Z

    The commissioning of Aberdeen Harbour''s new Marine Operations Centre marks another significant step forward in developing facilities to accommodate increasing and diversified traffic. It has been brought into use at a time of record activity at the port which is on course to handle annual cargo of more than 5 ...

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    Durability Counts in Workboat NavComms

    2006-12-01T18:07:00Z

    Japan Radio Company, well known as a navigation and communications equipment supplier to the deep draught merchant fleets of the world, also produces equipment engineered specifically for the small commercial workboat and leisure boat industries.

  • Ecocats MD Henry Mayhew (left) receives Cornwall's Sustainable Products and Services Award earlier this month.
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    'Chelsea' Sends the Tractors into Retirement

    2006-12-01T18:07:00Z

    Plymouth UK based boat builders Ecocats picked up a significant award earlier this month when it carried off the Sustainable Products and Services gong at the Cornwall Sustainability Awards 2006. The Awards were developed by Cornwall County Council, the five District and Borough Councils, the UK Government''s Environment Agency, the ...

  • 'Seabus' will ferry up to 100 passengers across the River Clyde.
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    'Seabus' Set to Continue Clyde Ferry Tradition

    2006-12-01T18:07:00Z

    Seabus, nearing completion at the Voyager Boatyard in Cornwall UK, is the latest passenger vessel to be built by the experienced yard. The 64m vessel is equipped to carry up to 100 foot passengers on a ferry service across Scotland''s River Clyde run by Greenock based Clyde Marine Services Ltd.

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    Systems Innovation for Dive Support Vessel

    2006-12-01T18:07:00Z

    Through its Norwegian subsidiary Draeger Safety Norge, Draeger Safety has been contracted to take on the project management, planning, construction and delivery of a complete deep sea diving system, including extensive safety facilities and breathing gas logistics, for a Norwegian diving support vessel used in the offshore industry.

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    Wet Weld Advances Boost Diver Training

    2006-12-01T18:07:00Z

    Keeping pace with increasing demand for underwater wet welding services, Fred Mc Nally, managing director of Birkenhead UK based FJ Marine Services Ltd, has again called upon the training services provided by long-time associate David Keats of Specialty Welds Ltd.

  • Technologies originally developed for computer games bring realism to ROVsim.
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    Realistic ROV Simulator Launched

    2006-12-01T18:07:00Z

    Hawaii based Marine Simulation LLC has released ROVsim, an affordable, physics accurate, and visually realistic Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) simulator. Using state of the art technologies originally developed for the video game industry and over two decades of hands-on industry experience, ROVsim? is optimized to simulate a wide range of ...

  • 'Rambiz' lifts the assembled wind turbine from the quayside at Nigg harbour.
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    BOWTIS Takes Offshore Wind Deeper

    2006-12-01T18:07:00Z

    The successful deployment of a new installation system has enabled the placement of the first offshore wind turbine to be installed in a single lift from a floating barge. The Beatrice Offshore Wind Turbine Installation System (BOWTIS), designed and built by Northumberland''s The Engineering Business Ltd, has led to the ...

  • Tidal energy devices integrated within a fixed transport link across the five mile wide Sound of Harris would help offset capital expenditure.
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    Renewables Study for Western Isles

    2006-12-01T18:07:00Z

    A new study, commissioned by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western IslesCouncil), investigates the feasibility of creating a fixed transport link across the five mile wide Sound of Harris and the potential for generating renewable energy from the resources of the Sound to help offset capital expenditure.

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    Marine Construction Boom Sparks Dredger Building Response

    2006-12-01T18:07:00Z

    The global boom in port construction and land reclamation works has sparkedconfident fleet renewal programmes by the major international dredging contractors, with the emphasis currently on versatile medium size trailer suction hopper dredgers.

  • Moments before excavation commences the shield sits on the estuarial mud and is nestled into the surrounding pontoon.
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    A Tidal Advantge at Sovereign Harbour

    2006-12-01T18:07:00Z

    Sovereign Harbour is an exclusive residential development set around a series of complex marinas and tidal basins in Eastbourne, East Sussex UK. The entrance feature to the site consists of a large breakwater and a tidal outer harbour, which allows shelter and emergency mooring facilities for boats, before a pair ...

  • The mega self-propelled cutter suction dredger 'J.F.J. De Nul' is expected to work on the tow-out channel at Algeciras.
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    $100m New Marine Works for Jan De Nul

    2006-12-01T18:07:00Z

    Belgian marine construction and dredging contractor Jan De Nul has been awarded two contracts by Aker/Exxon relating to the Adriatic LNG contract. At Algeciras in Spain a berm and tow-out channel must be dredged to allow a large Gravity Base Structure (GBS) constructed in dry dock there to be towed ...

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    Bridge Refurbishment Awarded

    2006-12-01T18:07:00Z

    At a value in the region of £ 2.5 million, the order to refurbish the Lowestoft Bridge in Suffolk is Bosch Rexroth''s single largest order in the UK. Placed in July 2006 the order is to undertake some major electrical and mechanical refurbishment work on the twin bascule bridge, which ...

  • Skilled masonry work has restored the Queen's Stairs on the River Thames at Greenwich.
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    Restoration Completed of Queen's Stairs

    2006-12-01T18:07:00Z

    The Crown Estate and Greenwich Foundation in the UK have completed the restoration of the historic Queen''s Stairs on the banks of the River Thames at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich. These are the steps over which Admiral Lord Nelson''s coffin was carried before and after his lying in ...

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    Development Due for Ireland's Doolin Pier

    2006-12-01T18:07:00Z

    Tony Killeen, Minister of State at the Irish Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment expressed concern last month that the north Clare economy and the livelihoods of dozens of local fishermen are hugely dependent on the sustainability and future upgrading of Doolin Pier.